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/*-->*/ Effective parent-teacher communication is crucial in helping students learn. But for busy teachers, it can be challenging just to keep up. Can apps and other digital tools make it easier to keep everyone -- parents and students -- in the loop? Transparency and equity are key to managing any communication between home and school. Watch here to find a variety of tools and useful tips to help you better engage your parent audience.

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Power Up Your Parent Communication | Common Sense Education

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Effective parent-teacher communication is crucial in helping students learn. But for busy teachers, it can be challenging just to keep up. Can apps and other digital tools make it easier to keep everyone -- parents and students -- in the loop? Transparency and equity are key to managing any communication between home and school.

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What methods do you use for teacher-parent communication?

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Take-Home Reminders: Sending students home with reminders of different events or things going on in the classroom is helpful for busy parents.

Progress reports: Sending home student progress summaries monthly Is a great way to make sure parents know how students are doing. Giving a quick note about how the student is doing in each subject.

Parent Survey:  Sending home a parent survey mid-year will help teachers get a better understanding of how they think their children's school experience is. Giving the parents a list of questions to rate

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Daily reports, this is a way to get your students involved in their school/home communication and provide parents with important info after each day!
There are a ton of daily report sheets to go off of, some have symbol reports where the student can provide behavior checks, or even write notes about what they did that day. It's beneficial for students to write their own daily report to give them the chance to reflect on their day, and think about their behaviors.

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For the parents that over do it and feel like they are always contacting the teacher. Schoology is a great resource for them. Parents have the ability to keep up there kids assignments making sure they are getting done and what there grades are. Giving parents  access to student's assignments and grades. As well as newsletters and an easy way to messaging teachers.

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The importance of teacher-parent communication is huge. When there are communication and support from both the teacher and parent the student's academic performance will improve. Communicating has many benefits to it and some of those are trust and understanding. The student's success is the most important detail about the school. To further that success the student needs, the parent and the teacher. If all three can work together the student will benefit from it. If parents don't care about student's homework the child won't care either. Why do your reading log at home when you know your parent will sign off.